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Tracy Chevalier

As I get older, I use less jewelry – necklace or earrings each morning, not both; my clothes are getting more basic – fewer colours and simpler cuts; and my make-up is stripped back to basics.

Jewelry, Clothes, Basics

Tracy Chevalier

You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began,“but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.

Tracy Chevalier

I find that when I come out of the library I’m in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of li

bliss, distractions, libraries, reading

Tracy Chevalier

What made him most attractive was that he was attracted to her. Another’s interest can be a powerful stimulant. She could feel his eyes on her as an almost physical pressure.

Tracy Chevalier

It was not a house where secrets could be kept easily.

Tracy Chevalier

It is not easy to let someone go, even when they have said unforgivable things to you.

letting-go, unforgivable

Tracy Chevalier

Say something worth the words.

Tracy Chevalier

It’s a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

books, drowsiness, insomnia, reading, sleepy

Tracy Chevalier

Warp threads are thicker than the weft, and made of a coarser wool as well. I think of them as like wives. Their work is not obvious – all you can see are the ridges they make under the colorful weft threads. But if they weren’t there, there would be no tapestry. Georges would unravel without me.

marriage, tapestry, weaving

Tracy Chevalier

We do not need such things to help us to see God,” I countered. “We have His Word, and that isenough.

Tracy Chevalier

Say something worth the words.

Tracy Chevalier

Warp threads are thicker than the weft, and made of a coarser wool as well. I think of them as like wives. Their work is not obvious – all you can see are the ridges they make under the colorful weft threads. But if they weren’t there, there would be no tapestry. Georges would unravel without me.

marriage, tapestry, weaving